diff --git a/theodolite/README.md b/theodolite/README.md
index 40f648d0ba8f730549d3d42593c2e7cb41ac9202..e0d7b9b46473a877d982e912cb85e2455e09be79 100644
--- a/theodolite/README.md
+++ b/theodolite/README.md
@@ -101,21 +101,37 @@ docker run -i --rm theodolite-native
 When running Theodolite from within IntelliJ via
 [Run Configurations](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/work-with-gradle-tasks.html#gradle_run_config), set the *Environment variables* field to:
 
+Set the following environment variables to run the example in the `standalone` mode within the IDE:
+
+```sh
+THEODOLITE_BENCHMARK=./../../../../examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml;THEODOLITE_EXECUTION=./../../../../examples/standalone/example-execution.yaml;THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES=./../../../../examples/resources;
+```
+
+Alternative:
+
+``` sh
+export THEODOLITE_BENCHMARK=./../../../../examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml
+export THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES=./../../../../examples/resources;
+export THEODOLITE_EXECUTION=./../../../../examples/standalone/example-execution.yaml
+./gradlew quarkusDev
+```
+
+Set the following environment variables to run the example in the `operator` mode within the IDE:
+
 ```sh
-NAMESPACE=default;THEODOLITE_BENCHMARK=./../../../../config/BenchmarkType.yaml;THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES=./../../../../config;THEODOLITE_EXECUTION=./../../../../config/BenchmarkExecution.yaml;MODE=operator
+THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES=./../../../../examples/resources;MODE=operator
 ```
 
 Alternative:
 
 ``` sh
-export NAMESPACE=default
-export THEODOLITE_BENCHMARK=./../../../../config/BenchmarkType.yaml
-export THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES=./../../../../config
-export THEODOLITE_EXECUTION=./../../../../config/BenchmarkExecution.yaml
+export THEODOLITE_APP_RESOURCES=./../../../../examples/resources;
 export MODE=operator
 ./gradlew quarkusDev
 ```
 
+Additionally, the benchmark and execution resources must be installed.
+
 ### Install Detekt Code analysis Plugin
 
 Install <https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10761-detekt>
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
index 91d9f8f1f7dfed31d9edcb59947af4e832ca2843..2bd75f3299f3504a6d156c185162acad7e19b8cf 100644
--- a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   appResource:
     - "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-    - "aggregation-service.yaml"
-    - "jmx-configmap.yaml"
-    - "uc1-service-monitor.yaml"
   loadGenResource:
     - "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
     - "uc1-load-generator-service.yaml"
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml b/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fdd1ff867ac83beb10856baec53569c88169232e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: titan-ccp-aggregation
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: titan-ccp-aggregation
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: titan-ccp-aggregation
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+      containers:
+        - name: uc-application
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc1-kstreams-app:latest
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5555
+              name: jmx
+          env:
+            - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
+              value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+            - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
+              value: "http://theodolite-cp-schema-registry:8081"
+            - name: JAVA_OPTS
+              value: "-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5555"
+            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
+              value: "100"
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              memory: 4Gi
+              cpu: 1000m
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diff --git a/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml b/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f9ccc6ae39407bb1f027e1e23cb152944b869e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: titan-ccp-load-generator
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: titan-ccp-load-generator
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: titan-ccp-load-generator
+    spec:
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
+      containers:
+        - name: workload-generator
+          image: ghcr.io/cau-se/theodolite-uc1-workload-generator:latest
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5701
+              name: coordination
+          env:
+            - name: KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+            - name: KUBERNETES_DNS_NAME
+              value: "titan-ccp-load-generator.$(KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE).svc.cluster.local"
+            - name: KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS
+              value: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
+            - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
+              value: "http://theodolite-cp-schema-registry:8081"
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-load-generator-service.yaml b/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-load-generator-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f8b26b3f6dece427f9c1ad4db94e351b042749b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theodolite/examples/resources/uc1-load-generator-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: titan-ccp-load-generator
+  labels:
+    app: titan-ccp-load-generator
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: titan-ccp-load-generator
+  ports:
+    - name: coordination
+      port: 5701
+      targetPort: 5701
+      protocol: TCP
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml
index 83edce93834ca9b8eef5606c1e5884ce40bdd7d8..e3b37a348c592e065937abf6c8ca99556804867b 100644
--- a/theodolite/examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 name: "uc1-kstreams"
 appResource:
   - "uc1-kstreams-deployment.yaml"
-  - "aggregation-service.yaml"
-  - "jmx-configmap.yaml"
-  - "uc1-service-monitor.yaml"
 loadGenResource:
   - "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
   - "uc1-load-generator-service.yaml"
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ loadTypes:
         properties:
           loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
 kafkaConfig:
-  bootstrapServer: "localhost:31290"
+  bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
   topics:
     - name: "input"
       numPartitions: 40